5 Days in my Life: Breakfast Edition

One of the widely loved, but surprisingly, most commonly skipped meals of the day is Breakfast. Especially with more time in the morning due to recent schedule shifting and social distancing, there are no excuses for not being able to enjoy a nourishing and filling first meal to start your day off right. Better yet, each of these meals are sweetened through fruit rather than added sugar. Here is what I made for breakfast the last 5 weekdays:

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1) Pitaya Bowl

Base: 
- Frozen Dragon Fruit (https://bit.ly/2xyg5au)
- Frozen Mango 
- Frozen Pineapple
- Frozen Banana 
- Oat Milk

Toppings:
- Banana
- Mango
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Peanut Butter
- coconut flakes 
- granola (mine is on the bottom of the bowl) 

Tips:
I usually don't measure the ingredients in any smoothie bowls I make, however, to get your bowl to blend into a smooth consistency, pulse high without liquid, then, on the lowest speed, slowly add liquid.

2) Toast w/ Green Smoothie

Smoothie: 
- Cucumber 
- Frozen Pineapple
- Frozen Kale 
- water
- oat milk

Toast: 
- Dave's Killer Sesame Bread
- Peanut Butter: I am totally obsessed with this one since it has no added sugar, oil, or salt- https://bit.ly/2JiXZMy 
- Strawberries
- Chia Seeds 

3) (Healthy!) Banana Pancakes

what's inside: 
- 1/2 cup Oat Flour
- 1 Mashed Banana
- 1 tsp baking powder 
- 1/2 cup Oat Milk 
- 1/3 cup blueberries 
- fresh fruit for topping

tips: 
These pancakes are gluten free, oil free, added sugar free (sweetness comes from the fruit!), and of course, vegan. I didn't measure any of my ingredients except for baking powder, with pancakes it's usually super easy to eyeball (add more flour if too watery and add more out milk if too thick). However, I added some rough measurements just to give you an idea of what you should be striving for. 

4) Parfait

what's inside:
- unsweetened cashew milk yogurt (you can use any non- dairy yogurt, but this is the one I prefer: https://bit.ly/2yjQwux )
- granola (i used this one- it's free of added sugar: https://bit.ly/2wK6aPg 
- fresh fruit (I used mango, strawberries, and blueberries) 

5) Loaded Oatmeal

what's inside:
- stovetop oatmeal (I used this one- https://bit.ly/33U9cfS) 
- fresh fruit 
- granola (I used the same one used in my parfait and pitaya bowl)
- peanut butter (I used Crazy Richard's Brand- like always)
- honey (if you choose not to eat honey simply leave it off or add agave)